No Wonder You Wonder! Great Inventions and Scientific Mysteries /

• Main Author: Phipps, Claude (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Physics.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Physics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book explores and explains scientific mysteries and principles, leavened with tongue-in-cheek humor and an abundance of illustrations. Chapters are short, but give an understanding of technology and science not available elsewhere. Questions include: • What holds a satellite up while it goes ar...

Table of Contents:

• Section I – Basics
• Preface
• Einstein Said
• Numbers
• Magic numbers
• Intro: Weird
• Metric system
• Exponentials
• Section II – Who Did it First?
• Preface
• China
• Greece
• Rome
• Islamic Science
• Section III – Modern Science and Engineering
• Preface
• Modern Science
• Blue/black sky
• Machines
• Lighter than Air Flight
• Electricity
• Robot Flight
• Jet Planes
• Rockets and Satellites
• Electromagnetic waves
• Electronics and Computers
• Biology
• Optics
• Lasers
• Nucleonics
• Section IV – Odds and Ends
• Religion
• Everything Else.